Fred (2014 film)
| Fred | |
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| Directed by | John Fitzgerald Keitel |
| Produced by | John Fitzgerald Keitel |
| Starring | Fred Karger |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Fred is a 2014 American documentary film that chronicles the 2012 presidential campaign of the first openly gay candidate, Fred Karger. Fred premiered at the Monadnock International Film Festival on April 4, 2014.[1]
Background
Director John Fitzgerald Keitel followed the Fred Karger Presidential campaign for more than two years as it crisscrossed the country. Keitel had documented Karger's efforts to save the Boom Boom Room, a historic gay bar in Laguna Beach, California. The award winning documentary Saving the Boom. Keitel captured hundreds of hours of campaigning and tied this together by interviewing young gay activists, like Belinda Carlisle's son James Duke Mason, about how Karger's campaign changed their lives.[2]
Synopsis
In 2009, Karger launched his presidential campaign at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference. Over the next two and a half years, Fred shows one man's struggle to bring his and his community's voice into the Republican presidential primary. Fred captures Karger qualifying for a Fox News Debate and for CPAC, but being excluded from these.
Reception
Fred received mainly positive reviews in the US News and World Report, the Huffington Post and the Concord Monitor.[3][4] Fred played all around New Hampshire from Dartmouth's Rockefeller Center to Concord High School.[5]
References
- ↑ "Premiere of 'FRED'". April 1, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ↑ Wilson, Iain (April 11, 2014). "Former GOP Presidential Candidate Candidate Fred Karger Visits Concord High School to Promote Film Positivity". Concord Monitor. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ↑ Schwab, Niki (April 11, 2014). "Doc Details the Adventures of the First Gay GOP Presidential Candidate". US News and World Report. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ↑ Shapiro, Lila (April 10, 2014). "Gay Republican Fred Karger Reflects on his 2012 Presidential Campaign, New Documentary". Huffington Post. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Insider's Look into Presidential Campaigns, Fred Karger". Huffington Post. April 1, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.